The Polish-language version of Bieganski, Biegański: Stereotyp Polaka bydlaka w
stosunkach polsko-żydowskich i amerykańskiej kulturze popularnej, is now
available on Amazon. I hope concerned Polonians and friends will post and vote
for positive reviews. You can do so here.
And of course Bieganski remains available in an
English-language version, here.
Recently a Polish man interviewed me about Bieganski.
This Polish man told me that reading the book shocked
him. It was like a "cold shower," he reported. He seemed incredulous
that my book reported conditions accurately.
As part of my response to him, I sent him the following:
Today is March 20, 2016. I just typed "dumb Polak"
into a Google search box and limited the search to the previous year. That's a
way to see how current the stereotype is. Every reference to "dumb Polaks"
that I saw in my search is limited to material that was posted on the web in
the past 365 days.
I found lots of material, including the
exchange, below, between two discussants at an internet site. The
discussants go by the screen names "BFIFE985" and "KOPYKAT."
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BFIFE985 Like I said you're a dumb fucking Pollock who
doesn't value his life. Watch for the red dot special. Lol.
Is your father a dump fuck Pollock like you too?
Here's a game for a dumb pollock like you. Go and find
the penny in a corner of a round room! Lol! Dumb fuck
Who dumb fuck Pollock. Ever hear of ghost accounts.
Typical pollock
KOPYKAT Pollack? I'm
not a fish? You really are one dumb cop. How can a fish type on a keyboard? Did
you misspell the word on porpoise or just for the halibut?
pollack: pronounced [pol-uh k]
a food fish, Pollachius pollachius, of the cod family,
inhabiting coastal North Atlantic waters from Scandinavia to northern Africa.
KOPYKAT You fucking moron. It's Polak, Not pollock or
pollack. Go buy a dictionary you retarded fucking.
Stop you? stop you from what? Making an idiot out of
yourself? You can't even stop you. It happens naturally.
BFIFE985 Like I
said you can't do anything about who I may or may not be. Dumb fuck
BFIFE985 And?
Another dumb pollack
KOPYKAT I got it. You're a stupid cop and another dumb
Polak.
BFIFE985 Where did
they bury your pollack father? Did he have a pollack casket? A garbage can with
two handles?
KOPYKAT Get over it, your father is dead.
BFIFE985 Bingo!
You proved yourself being a dumb fuck Pollack. Now get your fathers cock out of
your mouth.
The noun Polack (/ˈpoʊlɑːk/ or /-læk/; also Pollack,
Pollock, Polock), in the contemporary English language, is a derogatory
reference to a person of Polish descent. It is an Anglicisation of the Polish
language word Polak, which can mean a Polish male person or a person of Polish
nationality
KOPYKAT Drew's size (5) 8===D, drilling your ass. Then
you suck him off.
Does Gayle like to watch?
BFIFE985 I love
seeing a dumb fuck pollack make a fool out of himself.
Like I said stop fucking your mother and your fathers
pollack cock out of your mouth.
You're grasping at straws. There's nothing you can prove
beyond a reasonable doubt. Lol
***
I also found the comment below as the caption to a video,
here:
"Watch what happens to a Dumb Polack at a crossing
gate
Polish biker really gives new meaning to the term."
Many people responded to this video and no one objected
to the opening post's use of the words "Dumb Polack."
***
I also found this, posted on March 16, 2016, here.
***
"By this point in the 21st century, most working
professionals know that there are certain things that are absolutely
unacceptable in today's workplace. What might have been tolerable at an office
setting in the 1970s can get you fired today. Sexually suggestive remarks,
pornography on your computer, knocking back a few stiff drinks in your office,
and racial epithets hurled at coworkers are actions that are no longer
tolerated.
But what about a good, old-fashioned Polish joke? You
know, the kind where employees don't really mean any ill will or disrespect
towards a certain ethnicity, and they don't seem to be revealing any racism.
They're just trying to have some fun, and everyone seems to be enjoying them.
Those are still OK, right?
Wrong. A West Virginia mining company and an Oregon auto
repair shop just learned the hard way that teasing or harassing behavior
including national origin insults can lead to an employment discrimination
lawsuit and a hefty price to pay, even if you think there is no malice behind
the insults.
Polish Jokes At A Mining Company
Michael Jagodzinski was a mine foreman for Rhino Energy
in Bolt, West Virginia. According to a lawsuit filed in federal court by the
EEOC, he was treated to an array of derogatory remarks about his Polish
national origin during the course of his employment. The complaint said that
supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates would frequently call him 'stupid
Polack' or 'dumb Polack' or other similar insults, and that coworkers would
scrawl graffiti on mine walls saying things such as 'Jag sucks' (and many
others unprintable in this publication).
At some point, according to the lawsuit, a poster of the
Geico caveman was hung in the workplace with someone labeling the character as
Jagodzinski. Mimicking a popular ad campaign and making fun of Jagodzinski's
ill-fitting work uniform, the claim alleges that someone wrote on the poster: 'Pulling
in a belt…so easy a caveman can do it. But a Polack can't.'"
Bravo, Mr. Jagodzinski! Fighting fire with fire is the only way to go.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteIn Poland the older generation is very pro-American. They lived under communism, so it was easy for them to idealise the United States and it's inhabitants. The very existence of democratic super-power was raising their spirits. USA was like the land of Prester John.
But that time is over.
The Iron Curtain is gone. We now can meet the Americans, learn what they think about us. The younger generation of Poles doesn't share the same delusions with their fathers and grandfathers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/world/europe/a-cooling-in-polands-love-affair-with-the-us.html?_r=0
I was shocked by reading this blogg, as I until quite recently had no idea that there is so much contempt for Poles in USA.In Sweden where I live, this phenomenon works in the open only among school children. My daughter who died at the age of 22 was harassed at upper secondary school in Gothenburg with reference to my Polish background.Poles from a certain minority have no problems in Sweden, rather the opposite. I was not aware of this difference in attitude until quite recently, when I after years of deep mourning finally got able to dig into stuff...
DeleteLucy Lipinska if you comment on more recent posts people are more likely to see your posts. Very few people look at the comment sections of older posts.
DeleteHello Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI don't know where to start.
Anti-Polonism in United States predates Operation Paperclip. Those Nazis were secretly imported to America much later.
Edward Bernays invented public relations not propaganda. The concept of propaganda was created by the Catholic Church. The Church, on the other hand, was started by a Jew named Jesus. You're a conspiracy believer, so I guess that your "spider sense" is tingling right now.
You use word "Zio" too often, bro. Seriously.
"Dump the West, Poland!"
Oh, it will be dumped. It's just like in the times of the Roman Empire. The West will fall. And the East will save what it can from destruction.
I don't believe in conspiracy theories. I'm just a simple Pollack. I believe that what goes around comes around. Colonists will be colonized. Invaders will be invaded.
One particular country is having it's own "deluge" even as I write this. Long overdue, though.
As for "White Genocide"- I will quote Arnold Toynbee:
Civilizations are not murdered, they commit suicide.
In my hometown we have a street named after Jewish doctor. She saved countless lives.
We also have Janusz Korczak Elementary School.
Deeds matter, not words.
Lukasz, fwiw, I posted the message without reading it thoroughly. Michal Karski alerted me to its contents. I deleted it.
DeleteHello,
DeleteYou can also delete mine message above.
I simply felt that I must respond to what Anonymous wrote.
May I keep your message up? I like what you said.
DeleteSure.
DeleteThank you.
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